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Why are you against the New View transition on March 10th?

Far too many reasons to list here.
And they are jeopordizing the 3 groups I'm the main organizer for, not to mention the dozens of other groups I'm involved in.

If you are the primary Organizer for one or more Meetup groups, please indicate the total number of members in all of the groups you organize.

Almost 600 memebers between the 3 groups that I'm the primary organizer for.

Introduction

We've tried & extensively tested the new format as a group of organizers and 9 out of 10 of us definately didn't like the changes. It's extremely hard to contain one's anger at this forced change, especially when we've invested so much in our groups!

What Atul is saying about this Meetup Group

Organizing using Meetup.com is like a bad relationship with an abusive partner.
Once you've invested too much time and effort into building your Meetup groups(relationship), you realize the extent of their abusive tendencies (abusing the power they have over you) as they know you'll lose your entire investment (everything you've built and work so hard for) if you leave.
The biggest problem is that most abusive partners either don't know or don't care that they are being abusive, and they require professional therapy or counselling.
The challenge is how do we counsel/teach the extremely disrespectful Meetup HQ on what are appropriate and innappropriate ways to treat their customers....
Hopefully this group comes up with effective and constructive strategies for dealing with Meetup HQ.

We're about:

ADDENDUM: This group was first created by and for Meetup members who opposed the transition to the "New View" on March 10, 2010. Now it is January 27, 2011, and Meetup HQ has suddenly made a major overhaul to the appearance and functionality of our groups' websites. We don't like those changes either!

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In a recent letter sent to all Meetup.com Organizers, CTO Greg Whalin made the following announcement:

"On Wednesday, March 10th, we are going to wrap up the preview period and all Meetup Groups will have the new design. We will not be supporting the old view beyond this transition."

This means is that Meetup.com has made the decision to not offer Organizers a choice whether or not they wish to accept the new view or continue using the old view and force all groups to use the new view on March 10th.

Many Organizers have just recently started to share their opinions regarding the new view since it was made available just over two weeks ago (February 18th). Comments regarding the new view have been posted into various Meetup.com forums and a majority of them disapprove or otherwise do not favor the new view in some way shape or form.

As a paying customer of Meetup.com, I feel that the decision to force Organizers to switch to the new view after a very short (two week) evaluation period is an extremely poor decision and will lead to irreparable damage between Meetup.com and their customers.

If you believe that Meetup.com should not force Meetup Groups to use the new view on March 10th, please join this group and let it be known that you oppose this decision!